A/71/205
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
25 July 2016
Original: English
Seventy-first session
Item 65 (a) of the provisional agenda*
Promotion and protection of the rights of children
Report of the Special Representative of the
Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
Summary
The present report is submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to its
resolution 70/137 on the rights of the child, in which it requested the Special
Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict to continue
to submit reports to the General Assembly on the activities undertaken in the
fulfilment of her mandate, including information on her field visits and on the
progress achieved and the challenges remaining on the violence against children
agenda. The report covers the period from August 2015 to July 2016 and describes
current trends; it also reflects on the 20 years since the Assembly, by its resolution
51/77, created the children and armed conflict mandate. In addition, the report
provides information on the field visits of the Special Representative, on her
engagement with regional organizations and international partners, and on dialogue
with parties to conflict, which includes an update on the “Children, not soldiers”
campaign. It outlines a number of challenges and priorities on her agenda and
concludes with a set of recommendations to enhance the protection of children
affected by conflict.
* A/71/150.
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